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pp. Iv-lvi; Latham, Poems, nos 37, 38.
66 Rudick, Poems, no. 35, pp. lvi-lviii; Latham, Poems, no. 40. One version is inscribed 'Sir Walter Rawleigh hys verses written in hys byble a lyttell before his death'; another is headed 'By Sir W. R. which he writ the night before his execution'. Below, Chapter Thirteen, p. 315.
67 H. R. Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, pp. 156-7.
CHAPTER 8
1 HMC, Hatfield, iv, pp. 507-8.
2 HMC, De L'Isle and Dudley, ii, pp. 240-3, 265, 273, 286, 300.
3 See, for example, Letters of Ralegh, p. 239; HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, pp. 435, 448, 459,486.
4 See M. C. Questier, Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England: politics, aristocratic patronage and religion, c. 1550-1640 (Cambridge, 2006), p. 228.
5 The arraignment and conviction of Sir Walter Rawleigh...coppied by Sir Tho: Overbury (London, 1648), p. 10.
6 J. S. Cockburn, 'The spoils of law: the trial of Sir John Hele, 1604', in D. J. Guth and J. W. McKenna (eds), Tudor Rule and Revolution; essays for G. R. Elton from his American friends (Cambridge, 1982), pp. 309-43, at 313-14.
7 P. Clark, English Provincial Society from the Reformation to the Revolution: religion, politics and society in Kent, 1500-1640 (Brighton, 1977), esp. pp. 260-6.
8 HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, p. 415.
9 Letters of Ralegh, p. 191.
10 A. R. Beer, My Just Desire: the life of Bess Ralegh, wife to Sir Walter (New York, 2003), p. 112.
11 The tension between the two women was deep. 'I wish', Bess wrote to Cecil early in 1602, 'she would be as ambitious to do good as she is apt to the contrary.' Hatfield MS 85/134.
12 Quoted in J. Pope Hennessy, Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland, ed. T. Herron (Dublin, 2009), p. 71.
13 2 July 1600, Hatfield MS 251/119.
14 Cobham to Cecil, 19 July 1600, Hatfield MS 251/100.
15 E. Sawyer (ed.), Memorials of AJfairs of State (London, 1725), i, p. 231, written at Boulogne, 23 July 1600. Rowland Whyte had heard that they had been asked to investigate recent political manoeuvres by Prince Maurice (HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, p. 473).
16 Letters of Ralegh, p. 195.
17 Zouche's letters refer to the 'great crose in her majestys favor' that the author had sustained, long since, at Ralegh's hands, BL, Egerton MS 2812, fos 52v, 69, 109v-110r.
18 Letters of Ralegh, pp. 196-200. Ralegh attended a Stannary Parliament for Devon at Crockerntor on 27 October 1600 (see H. P. R. Finberg, 'An unrecorded stannary parliament', Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 82 (1950), 295-310 at 296).
19 Beer, My Just Desire, p. 124; Letters of Chamberlain, i, p. 107.
20 T. N. Brushfield, Raleghaca ([Plymouth], 1896-1907), published as a series in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for theAdvancernent of Science, Literature and Art, v, p. 22.
21 Pauline Croft suggests that Bess Brooke had been BessThrockmorton's mentor at Court, back in the 1580s.
22 A. Wall (ed.),'An account of the Essex Revolt, February 1601', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 54 (1981), 131-3, at 132; HMC, Bath, v, pp. 280-1.
23 H. V. Jones, 'The Journal of Levinus Munck', EHR 68 (1953), 241.
24 Syon MS X. II.12(6) (ab).
25 Examinations of Londoners, Hatfield MS 76/91.
26 See John Bargar to Cobham, February 1601, Hatfield MS 82/97-8; Walter Cope to Cecil, February 1601, Hatfield MS 84/7; and letter from Dr Fletcher to Cecil, 14 March 1601, Hatfield MS 77/60.
27 Anonymous information about 'those gentlemen which mett at Wolverhampton', Hatfield MS 204/132.
28 TNA, SP 12/278/23.
29 See P. Croft, 'Libels, popular literacy and public opinion in early modern England', Historical Research 68 (1995), 266-85, at 283.
30 Lefranc, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 665-75.
31 See May, Sir Walter Ralegh, p. 125.
32 BL, Add. MS 38139, to. 192v. See Croft, 'Libels', p. 274; M. King, 'The Essex myth in Jacobean England', in G. Burgess, R. Wymer and J. Lawrence (eds), The Accession of
66 Rudick, Poems, no. 35, pp. lvi-lviii; Latham, Poems, no. 40. One version is inscribed 'Sir Walter Rawleigh hys verses written in hys byble a lyttell before his death'; another is headed 'By Sir W. R. which he writ the night before his execution'. Below, Chapter Thirteen, p. 315.
67 H. R. Woudhuysen, Sir Philip Sidney and the Circulation of Manuscripts, pp. 156-7.
CHAPTER 8
1 HMC, Hatfield, iv, pp. 507-8.
2 HMC, De L'Isle and Dudley, ii, pp. 240-3, 265, 273, 286, 300.
3 See, for example, Letters of Ralegh, p. 239; HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, pp. 435, 448, 459,486.
4 See M. C. Questier, Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England: politics, aristocratic patronage and religion, c. 1550-1640 (Cambridge, 2006), p. 228.
5 The arraignment and conviction of Sir Walter Rawleigh...coppied by Sir Tho: Overbury (London, 1648), p. 10.
6 J. S. Cockburn, 'The spoils of law: the trial of Sir John Hele, 1604', in D. J. Guth and J. W. McKenna (eds), Tudor Rule and Revolution; essays for G. R. Elton from his American friends (Cambridge, 1982), pp. 309-43, at 313-14.
7 P. Clark, English Provincial Society from the Reformation to the Revolution: religion, politics and society in Kent, 1500-1640 (Brighton, 1977), esp. pp. 260-6.
8 HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, p. 415.
9 Letters of Ralegh, p. 191.
10 A. R. Beer, My Just Desire: the life of Bess Ralegh, wife to Sir Walter (New York, 2003), p. 112.
11 The tension between the two women was deep. 'I wish', Bess wrote to Cecil early in 1602, 'she would be as ambitious to do good as she is apt to the contrary.' Hatfield MS 85/134.
12 Quoted in J. Pope Hennessy, Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland, ed. T. Herron (Dublin, 2009), p. 71.
13 2 July 1600, Hatfield MS 251/119.
14 Cobham to Cecil, 19 July 1600, Hatfield MS 251/100.
15 E. Sawyer (ed.), Memorials of AJfairs of State (London, 1725), i, p. 231, written at Boulogne, 23 July 1600. Rowland Whyte had heard that they had been asked to investigate recent political manoeuvres by Prince Maurice (HMC, Dc L'Isle and Dudley, ii, p. 473).
16 Letters of Ralegh, p. 195.
17 Zouche's letters refer to the 'great crose in her majestys favor' that the author had sustained, long since, at Ralegh's hands, BL, Egerton MS 2812, fos 52v, 69, 109v-110r.
18 Letters of Ralegh, pp. 196-200. Ralegh attended a Stannary Parliament for Devon at Crockerntor on 27 October 1600 (see H. P. R. Finberg, 'An unrecorded stannary parliament', Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association 82 (1950), 295-310 at 296).
19 Beer, My Just Desire, p. 124; Letters of Chamberlain, i, p. 107.
20 T. N. Brushfield, Raleghaca ([Plymouth], 1896-1907), published as a series in the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for theAdvancernent of Science, Literature and Art, v, p. 22.
21 Pauline Croft suggests that Bess Brooke had been BessThrockmorton's mentor at Court, back in the 1580s.
22 A. Wall (ed.),'An account of the Essex Revolt, February 1601', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research 54 (1981), 131-3, at 132; HMC, Bath, v, pp. 280-1.
23 H. V. Jones, 'The Journal of Levinus Munck', EHR 68 (1953), 241.
24 Syon MS X. II.12(6) (ab).
25 Examinations of Londoners, Hatfield MS 76/91.
26 See John Bargar to Cobham, February 1601, Hatfield MS 82/97-8; Walter Cope to Cecil, February 1601, Hatfield MS 84/7; and letter from Dr Fletcher to Cecil, 14 March 1601, Hatfield MS 77/60.
27 Anonymous information about 'those gentlemen which mett at Wolverhampton', Hatfield MS 204/132.
28 TNA, SP 12/278/23.
29 See P. Croft, 'Libels, popular literacy and public opinion in early modern England', Historical Research 68 (1995), 266-85, at 283.
30 Lefranc, Sir Walter Ralegh, pp. 665-75.
31 See May, Sir Walter Ralegh, p. 125.
32 BL, Add. MS 38139, to. 192v. See Croft, 'Libels', p. 274; M. King, 'The Essex myth in Jacobean England', in G. Burgess, R. Wymer and J. Lawrence (eds), The Accession of
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